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The Case for the Court to Promulgate a Standing Order
August 30, 2011
There are certain actions that clients cannot take without court permission, and if done, these clients will be sanctioned by the court. But explaining these ground rules to a client often creates an adversarial relationship between the client and his or her attorney.
To File Jointly or Not to File Jointly? That Is the Question
August 30, 2011
Joint tax returns, while financially beneficial from a tax perspective, may lead to significant problems once litigation ensues. Here's why.
New Laws in Texas Address Financial Matters
August 30, 2011
On June 17, Gov. Rick Perry, R-TX, signed into law two bills of keen interest to family lawyers in that state. They address spousal maintenance and fraud on the community estate.
How to Deal with the Distribution of Intellectual Property Assets in Divorce
August 30, 2011
When a Supporting Spouse and a Creative Spouse divorce, the question may arise as to how to distribute the value of the intellectual property or "celebrity status" that the Creative Spouse created during the marriage.
The New Mandatory Self-Disclosure Rule in New Hampshire's Family Division
July 27, 2011
The new Family Division Rule 1.25-A (Rule) will bring significant changes to the practice of family law in New Hampshire. It requires parties to produce financial information shortly after the commencement of a family court proceeding, without waiting for discovery requests to be propounded.
Obama, Same-Sex Partnerships and Immigration
July 27, 2011
Though immigration policy concerning gays and lesbians has evolved, the Immigration and Nationality Act has been held not to recognize same-sex partnerships for purposes of conferring spousal benefits, even if the marriage was valid under state law.
Family Lawyers in Trouble; Recent Ethics Decisions
July 27, 2011
The following summary takes a look at various lawyer disciplinary cases decided around the country recently. Many, but not all, of these cases involved domestic relations.
Litigation
June 28, 2011
A look at recent key cases.
Test Item Transparency
June 28, 2011
The authors hypothesize that if attorneys, judges, and psychologists were asked to rate the usefulness of data from psychological tests administered in the context of family law matters, attorneys and judges would assign higher ratings than would psychologists.
Love Affairs and Long-Arm Statutes
June 28, 2011
The tentacles from the seven states recognizing the tort of alienation of affection continue their broad reach throughout the 50 states.

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    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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